my ramblings

I've gotten my shots, my bags are (somewhat) packed, I've purchased my snacks, and clothes are washed!!! Only 2 more days and I'll be back in the Dominican Republic!

Luckily I got my camera out to make sure it was working (I think?) and it like freaked on me!! It started going through my pictures like a slideshow and there was no other way to fix it! Anyone heard of this? I went to the nearest camera shop and they hadn't! So what did I do? Buy another camera! My only stipulation was that it must have take the same memory card so I wouldn't have to buy something else. You know what else I realized? How much easier it is to pack for one week of a mission trip instead of two like last year!!

Looking forward to hugging on some Dominican children!!

Another thing...I am absolutely obsessed with hydrangeas!!! Either I've never noticed them before or they just don't grow very much in Texas. I LOVE THEM! I think it's that they grow in so many different colors and styles! I like looking at them so much, both of my grandmothers got a pretty pink plant for Mother's Day! (I was the "delivery girl" for mother's day this year cause mom and dad are in Texas) I think I like them so much because the puff-balls!

Here are their pictures with their new blossoms!
Mim

Gamia
I look forward to seeing where they plant them and watching them grow out of control! Cause lets be honest, they are the most pretty when they are outta control!!!

Speaking of pretty flowers, Clayton brought me a wonderful mix of colors Monday cause we've been together a year! Wow, how the time flys! What was in the middle of the boquet? A HYDRANGEA!! :) I guess I've mentioned my love of hydrangeas a couple times to him! I would like to post a picture, but I took the pic from my iphone and don't quite know how to transfer the picture!! I'll figure it out soon!

Friday morning my little sis became a college grad! Clay and I, along with everyone else in the fam drove down for the festivities. Here are some pictures!
Mom and dad, the proud parents!
Laura with one of her best friends doing the "gig 'em!"
Dad, Mim, Aunt Lisa, and Grandad waiting for it to start
Me, mom, and Barb
The fam minus the grad
Dress look familiar? (See post below) It was so hot when we got there I decided to go with my newest favorite sundress!!

Mom and her girls
Proud of our little aggie!
Clayton and I
Us with the grad
We tried and tried to get a good sibling picture and it was not successful! This was the best and it's pretty funny!

We had a great time if you don't include the over 20 hours in the car, mom having a flat when we were all following her to Laura's apartment, and extremly busy schedule!! Just another crazy fun time with the fam!

Next trip is to the Dominican Republic in June! Very excited about going back!

A friend of mine from high school got married 2 weeks ago! Landree came down and we drove to Florida for her beach wedding! Most of the pics we took were from Landree's camera and I'm not sure how to convert them from a Kodiak viewing to my computer. So for now, here the pics are!

Happy to be in Florida!
The rehearsal dinner was at this seafood restaurant on the beach. The humidity did wonders to our hair! (Ashley, Landree, Cindy-Laura's sis, and me)


We were able to hit the beach for some rays before storms came in!
We had a good relaxing weekend! Really made me wish I could have been down there longer!! Going back the middle of June though! YAY!